The Man Who Would Be King
Apr 2015 · Aegitas
4.4star
12 reviews
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"The Man Who Would Be King" (1888) is a novella by Rudyard Kipling. It is about two British adventurers in British India who become kings of Kafiristan, a remote part of Afghanistan. The story was inspired by the exploits of James Brooke, an Englishman who became the first White Rajah of Sarawak in Borneo; and by the travels of American adventurer Josiah Harlan, who was granted the title Prince of Ghor in perpetuity for himself and his descendants. It incorporates a number of other factual elements such as the European-like appearance of many Nuristani people, and an ending modelled on the return of the head of the explorer Adolf Schlagintweit to colonial administrators.
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4.4
12 reviews
Simon Long
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December 9, 2016
Great characters, well told, and both funny and sad.
Paul Atkins
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October 9, 2016
One of my favourite Kipling stories, I can read this over and over again.
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